Beechwood Village is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County,

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, United States. The city was formally incorporated by the

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in 1950.Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Beechwood Village, Kentucky". Accessed 15 July 2013. The population was 1,280 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,324 at the 2010 census

Geography

Beechwood Village is located in northern Jefferson County east of downtown

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. It is bordered to the north by Woodlawn Park and on all other sides by St. Matthews. The southern boundary of Beechwood Village is

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, and Interstate 264 touches the northeast end of the city. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 1,173 people, 532 households and 336 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 542 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.78%

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, 0.43%

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, 0.60% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.68% of the population. There were 532 households, of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were

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living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 32.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.81. 19.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.8 males. The

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was $52,500 and the median family income was $66,250. Males had a median income of $46,705 compared with $34,000 for females. The

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for the city was $28,908. About 0.9% of families and 1.2% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 0.9% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

City of Beechwood Village official website
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